Herta Ware (June , â€" August , ) was an American actress and
activist.Ware was born Herta Schwartz in Wilmington, Delaware, the
daughter of Helen Ware, a musician and violin teacher, and Lazlo
Schwartz, an actor who was born in Budapest. Her mother's brother was
activist Harold Ware and her maternal grandmother was labor organizer
and socialist Ella Reeve Bloor. Her father was Jewish and her mother
was Christian.Ware made her Broadway debut in Let Freedom Ring
(November , â€"February ), co-starring husband Will Geer, whom she had
married in . The couple appeared together in other New York plays,
including Bury the Dead (), Prelude (), Were Chosen () and Journeyman
(), and Six O'Clock Theatre (), all of which were short-lived.She made
her on-screen debut in , when she appeared in the television film, A
Question of Guilt. Subsequently, she appeared in her first feature
film , The Black Marble. Her second feature film was Dr. Heckyl and
Mr. Hype, which featured Oliver Reed. She starred in in . She is
perhaps most recognized for her performance in the classic film Ron
Howard's Cocoon, and appeared in the sequel Cocoon: The Return. She
appeared in Critters : The Main Course as "Nana". She had roles in
several other well-known films such as, Species, Practical Magic, with
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, and Cruel Intentions, with Sarah
Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe. Her role in the television film
Crazy in Love earned her a CableACE Award for Supporting Actress in a
Movie or Miniseries.[citation needed]
activist.Ware was born Herta Schwartz in Wilmington, Delaware, the
daughter of Helen Ware, a musician and violin teacher, and Lazlo
Schwartz, an actor who was born in Budapest. Her mother's brother was
activist Harold Ware and her maternal grandmother was labor organizer
and socialist Ella Reeve Bloor. Her father was Jewish and her mother
was Christian.Ware made her Broadway debut in Let Freedom Ring
(November , â€"February ), co-starring husband Will Geer, whom she had
married in . The couple appeared together in other New York plays,
including Bury the Dead (), Prelude (), Were Chosen () and Journeyman
(), and Six O'Clock Theatre (), all of which were short-lived.She made
her on-screen debut in , when she appeared in the television film, A
Question of Guilt. Subsequently, she appeared in her first feature
film , The Black Marble. Her second feature film was Dr. Heckyl and
Mr. Hype, which featured Oliver Reed. She starred in in . She is
perhaps most recognized for her performance in the classic film Ron
Howard's Cocoon, and appeared in the sequel Cocoon: The Return. She
appeared in Critters : The Main Course as "Nana". She had roles in
several other well-known films such as, Species, Practical Magic, with
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, and Cruel Intentions, with Sarah
Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe. Her role in the television film
Crazy in Love earned her a CableACE Award for Supporting Actress in a
Movie or Miniseries.[citation needed]
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